The search for 16-year-old Alexandria Chery went on for days. Then, on a Friday morning, a decomposed body was found near the Osceola and Polk County lines. Now, Sanel Saint Simon is being held in Orange County Jail.

The search for 16-year-old Alexandria Chery went on for days. Then, on a Friday morning, a decomposed body was found near the Osceola and Polk County lines. Now, Sanel Saint Simon is being held in Orange County Jail.

Fundraising efforts continue this weekend for the funeral of Alexandria Chery, the missing 16-year-old girl whose body was found Aug. 1 near the Osceola-Polk County line.

Alexandria's family is hoping her body will be released by the Orange-Osceola Medical Examiner's Office early next week so they can proceed with the funeral arrangements, according to her uncle, Ray Joseph.

Joseph said the Medical Examiner's Office told his family earlier this week that it would take about seven days for the necessary DNA results to return.

"This Monday or Tuesday should be the seventh day," Joseph said on Saturday.

Meanwhile, Alexandria's family is still struggling to cope with her untimely loss, he said.

The girl's mother, Rosalie Joseph, last saw her the morning of July 28 at their Hawthorn Groves apartment. She left Alexandria at home alone, while she went to work, because the girl wasn't feeling well, court records say.

By the time Joseph returned home that evening, Alexandria was missing — along with her personal belongings.

"My sister [Rosalie]… she's lost a lot of weight," Ray Joseph said. "She's not doing so good, but we got family that rally around her and comfort her."

Joseph said his sister's grief keeps her from sleeping in the apartment she once shared with Alexandria.